The ABC crossdressing sitcom his the air last week and reviewers and critics have universally panned it. Angela Gardner forced herself to watch the whole premier. She has recovered enough, with the help of a good therapist, to give TGF readers a review.
Sophie Lynne is not the kind of girl who makes New Year’s resolutions. Like most of us she soon stops making an effort to keep them. In the past few months she has been examining her life and who she is so for 2012 she had decided to make some resolutions — and stick to them. Find out what she’s resolved to do in 2012 in this month’s column from Sophie Lynne.
Dallas Denny contrasts the treatment of TGs in the ’80s to the way we are treated today. She finds that while we have made an enormous amount of progress as we get closer to the mainstream, we’re not there yet.
Britney Spears, a woman who some thought would never make it to 30, has reached that milestone birthday. Dina Amberle was moved to provide a Dina’s Diner Special about the big event.
MtF crossdressers often love to strut their stuff in the sexiest fashions. Who doesn’t love a mid-thigh mini dress with spaghetti straps and a plunging neckline? Same goes for those skyscraper heels the hot girls are wearing. We all love to look sexy and hot, and feel sexy and hot when we slip into those […]
There’s an old rule about putting on your accessories; always take off one item after you’ve put them all on. The Artist D says “Pshaw!” And she advises you to load yourself down with jewels as long as it makes you feel good. The Artist D tells you how to wear The Family Jewels.
Angela’s article on being “read” over the years sparked a discussion in a t-girl chat room group. Linda Jensen reports on what was said and then provides an article she wrote for TGF fifteen years ago. It’s still relevant for those who are concerned with passing.
In her many years in heels Angela Gardner has been around the block a few times, and somewhere on the block there has been someone who had to mention that she was a he. How many times and in how many ways has Angela been “read”? Hard to say but here are just a few of the ways.
They’re a band of Jewish transmen from New York and they’ll rock your world with their Jewcore music. And they have some interesting thoughts to share with Pamela DeGroff in this month’s Perpetual Change interview. Pamela rounds our the column with some new music news.
Dallas Denny has mixed feelings about the Standards of Care and gives us both the pros and cons in this installment of WPATH and The Standards of Care. Do the Standards serve transmen well? Why shouldn’t a transwoman get breast augmentation when she wants? Dallas answers those questions and more.
Linda Jensen visits an old haunt that seems to be fading away. Cleopatra’s, once Montreal’s most popular drag show bar fought City Hall to stay in business. Now it needs to attract more patrons to survive. Linda finds it evokes many memories and she shares them here.
Sophie Lynne has some thoughts to share about the upcoming holiday season. For some reason she doesn’t enjoy being beaten over the head with Christmas songs for three months and finds the fact that it’s now September a bit depressing. The only bright spot? Halloween is closer!
Curves. Women have them and female minded TGs want them. The most obvious solution? A corset. But there’s more to corsets than you might think, and that’s where our fashion blogger The Artist D comes in. This month she shares her vast store of corset knowledge. Breath in while she pulls those laces tight.
Where ever you have humans there’s a tendency for those humans to ignore the common things they share and instead focus on the minor differences. Dallas Denny wrote an essay on the subject back in 1994 and it was never published. It’s still relevant today.
Sophie Lynne has learned that the next big struggle will be for transgender rights. And she’s learned that until we win the struggle we’re viewed as second class citizens. Inspired by the revelation she has posted her first class opinions on second class status and what it means for TGs.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So, it seems, is intent. A blogger at Queerty.com has made it known that in his opinion the forthcoming Adam Sandler film Jack and Jill is insulting to TGs since Sandler plays the sister role in drag. Watch the trailer for the film and see what you think.
For many TGs it’s hair here, there and everywhere. And while we worry that someone might see an unsightly patch of fur on a shoulder or back sometimes we don’t worry enough about the hair on our heads. In this post The Artist D gives you her philosophy of wigs!
Since they no longer have a convention, publish a magazine or have a bookstore is IFGE, The International Foundation for Gender Education, still fulfilling its mission? Dallas Denny says no, it isn’t. And things may be worse than that.
Father’s day has given Sophie Lynne the inspiration for her column today. All of us have fathers of some kind or another and many of us are fathers. How does a trans lady handle being a dad or telling her dad that she’d rather be a mom? See what Sophie sez.
Sophie Lynne has a secret. Not from us of course but from the world she walks through and works in every day. In a more tolerant and understanding world she could be who she wants to be. How does she cope? Hiding, masks, and lies. Sound familiar?
Have you ever watched a television show and said, “Who writes this stuff?” ABC TV has ordered a pilot show by two writers who must have some connection to our community. Why else would the stars have to crossdress?
That perfect extreme stiletto is the thing that says “I am woman.” But how many women have you seen walking badly in too high heels? Probably a few. When it comes to sexy shoes you need to follow some rules! And there’s no one better at defining rules than The Artist D!
Sophie Lynne always looks forward to her third Saturday of the month Sophie Time. She gets to dress up, dance, drink and party as her true self. Why would she ever want to miss all that femme fun? She wouldn’t but she did. Read on and learn why.
She’s a performance artist, Internet celebrity, radio show host, and who knows what else. The Artist D joins TGForum with her take on fashion, both the good things and the mistakes. Put down that pink Halloween wig and get some good fashion advice from The Artist D.
For many TGs deception is something they must, or feel they must, practice everyday. It can be very hard to be a basically honest person who is compelled to lie, or bend the truth, about who they really are. In this column Sophie Lynne discusses her relationship with deception.
